Wfil)I'-*S DAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1.946 THE MICHIGAN DAILY PAGE THREE WJ~NESDAY, PEBRUARY 6, 1946 PAGE TIIJXEE Rlenfrew May Play e in Toronto Hockey Hopes Improved' Series 'Thirty-Four Man Thinclad Squad To Enter 24th Annual M.S.C. Relays r Fourteen Se boo Is To Send A thletes By EV ELLIN . Michigan's cindermen, primed by their recent victory over Purdue and Ohio State, are setting their sights for the 24th annual Michigan State Relays to be held Saturday at East Lansing. Fourteen midwestern schools have entered men in the meet which promises to be one of the highlights of the 1946 indoor season. This is the second time that the event has- been planned on such a large scale, having first made its appearance on the track scene in 1942. No Team Title There will be no team champion- ship title on the block Saturday for the laurels will be distributed among the winners of the individual events. However, the Relays will undoubted- ) Short's Arrival Will Strengthen Cinder Squad Michigan's track team's weakest department, the 440-yard dash and mile relay, received a shot in the arm yesterday when it was announced that one of the finest quarter-milers in* the country, Hugh Short, had joined the squad. Short, former Georgetown track star, has enrolled in the School of Journalism and will soon become a valuable addition to the 1946 Wolv- erine indoor track squad. Has Outstanding Record Short was inter-collegiate champ in the 440 yard dash in 1944 with an outdoor mark of :47.2. In 1942, he won the 600 yard run at the Mellrose Games when he set a new American indoor record of 1:10.2 which has not been bettered since. An army veteran, Short spent 19 months with the 85th division in Italy where he saw quite a bit of action. While in Italy, Short com- peted in the Army Games held in Florence last summer where he won the 400 meter dash with a time of :51.3. Has Been Working Out Short has been working out down at the Field house for the past few weeks, and Coach Ken Doherty hopes to have him in shape for the Illinois meet which is scheduled for Febru- ary 23. Doherty plans to enter Short in his specialty event, the 440. However, he might also use him in the half- mile. Short ran the half in high school where his best time was 1:58.5. ly be dominated by entrants from Notre Dame, Michigan, Ohio State and M. S. C. Coach Ken Doherty has announced that he is taking a full squad of 34 men with him to East Lansing, Sat- urday. This will be one of the largest groups of Wolverine competitors ever carried to a meet of this nature. Distance Events Best The distance events will probably offer the hottest competition of the meet. In the mile and two mile runs Michigan's Chuck Birdsall, Confer- ence two-mile title-holder, and Bob Thomason will be battling it out with Notre Dame's ace distance man, Bill Leonard. The mile relay should also prove to be a very closely contested event with sharp competition expected from Michigan State. Mary Fraser, of the Spartan relay team, finished 10 odd yards ahead of the Ohio State anchor man in a dual meet held last week, while the Wolverine relay team beat the Buckeyes by almost the exact same margin last Saturday night. In the pole vault, Wolverine en- trants Chuck Lauritsen and Warren Bentz are expecting quite a bit of trouble from Northwestern's Bill Moore who has already vaulted over 14 feet this year. Swain Seeks Revenge Michigan's number one sprinter, Bob Swain, will be out for revenge when he again faces Carl Baynard of Ohio State in the dash. Baynard just barely nosed Swain out in the 60 yard dash last Saturday night. The field events will also feature some stellar performers. In the shot put, the outstanding competitors will be Chuck Fonville and George Os- troot of Michigan. Illinois Cagers Await Michigan Wolverines To Seek Second Win over Mini Illinois' basketball team will have another crack at Michigan's squad this Saturday when Coach Dennie Oosterbaan takes his men to Cham-1 paign for the second of a home-and- home series with the fightin' Illini. The Illinois quintet will be battling to avenge a last-minute 49-48 defeat administered to them by an underdog Wolverine crew when the two teams met a month ago. Doug Mills, Illinois basketball mentor, plans to start the same five that led off against the Maize and Blue in the first meeting. Menke Starts At Center Bob Menke will probably be at center, Walt Mroz and Bob Doster at the forwards, and Jack Burmaster and George Leddy at the guards. Mroz copped high-scoring honors for both teams, with 21 points, in the last engagement. He was followed by Michigan's Glen Selbo, who racked up 17. Van Anderson, who garnered seven points against the Wolverine aggre- gation as substitute center will prob- ably see a great deal of action in Saturday's tilt, along with Illini al- ternate guard, Jim Seyler. Seyler is the Orange and Black's smallest man, measuring 5 ft. 11 in. Win Means .500 The Wolverine Conference record now stands at four wins as against five losses. Another victory over Illi- nois would again raise the Maize and Blue's average to .500. 33 Irish Thiuelads Enter M.S.C. Relays EAST LANSING, Feb. 5-(/P)-With the arrival of a 33-man entry from Notre Dame, the field of 210 was com- pleted for the annual Michigan State Relays to be staged in the Jenison Field House Saturday night. Michigan, Notre Dame, Michigan State, and Ohio State will be repre-" sented by full squads, while Wayne, Detroit, Loyola, Northwestern, Kan- sas and Western Michigan have en-1 tered partial squads. If Injured Wing Returns Coa t HIcyliger Juggles Wolverines'I ,in0eu1p liE Iort'' c ySpoilOi oronto' ;Perfect Reefld Jea t SPOUS NEWS + VIEWS + COMMENT BD BILL MULLENDORE, Sports Editor Wanna go crazy? All right, just try to pick the winners of the half dozen major basket- ball games scheduled for any week-end. We guarantee a hopeless case of dementia praecox in three weeks-or less. As an aid to the forecaster who would preserve his sanity, however, we have devised a system. First, forget all about personnel, past per- formances, comparative scores, and all the other usual yardsticks .of the trade. Second, decide which of the two contending teams has no chance at all to win. Third, pick the other one. The odds are all in your favor. To demonstrate how well our system works, we call attention to the re- sults of three of the Mid-West's top cage attractions billed for last Satur- day night. Heading the list was the Northwestern-Notre Dame clash, fol- lowed by the Purdue-Minnesota fracas and the Michigan-Wisconsin duel. Notre Dame stood at the top of the nation's basketball heap, unde- feated, with what the experts called "one of the greatest teams in court history". Northwestern was just a so-so aggregation. Who won? North- western, of course. MINNESOTA was hailed as the probable Western Conference champion. The Gophers had lost one game, a 63-61 overtime decision to Iowa, defending Big Ten Titlists, but were expected to have little trouble with in-and-out Purdue. When the score was added up, though, Minnesota was on the short end, 65-40. Wisconsin had lost ten straight games, and hadn't come ,close to win- ning a Conference tilt. Michigan had finally gotten the kinks ironed out in a smashing triumph over Ohio State the week before and was favored to finish the season in a blaze of victories. Wisconsin won, 58-57. Nor was the last week-end unusual. Favorites have been taking it on the chin ever since the season opened two months ago. We cannot re- call any campaign in any sport which has provided so many surprising and totally unexpected upsets. About the only consistent five in the Mid-West has been Chicago. True to the Maroons' very best form, they have dropped every Big Ten game on their schedule, running their Conference losing streak to 55 straight. But we wouldn't be too surprised to see even Chicago turn the tables some night and beat somebody. Anything can-and does-happen in the basketball world these days. By 1l10 IIWARTH I Whether Michigan's sextet will be1 able to stop the University of Toron- to's powerful hockey juggernaut this Friday and Saturday will depend a] Ate _ REPLACEMENT -- Chet Kuznier who will be moved up to one of the first two lines in the event that the ailing Renfrew can't play. great deal on whether Al Renfrew, speedy Wolverine left winger, will be able to play against the Blues. Renfrew suffered a broken wrist at Minneapolis last Friday while the I-M STANDINGS INDEPENDENT I Maize and Blue puckmen were bat- tling the Gophers to a 3 all tie. Mon- day, however, the scrappy youngster was at practice with the squad, with, his wrist in a cast. Nothing Known Yet If the cast does not affect his stick- handling and shooting there is a good chance that Renfrew will see action. Nothing will be known definitely un- til game time Friday. Teaming with center Gord Mac- Millan and right wingman, Bill Jacobson, Renfrew has scored 13 goals and is the leading playmaker on the squad with 20 assists. His total of 33 points for the season is second only to MacMillan who leads the Wolverine scoring with 40. Heyliger Juggles Lineup Coach Vic Heyliger has been ex- perimenting with a revamped line- up in practice this week, switching centers MacMillanand Wally Gacek on the first two lines. Heyliger hopes to both add scoring punch to the Wolverine attack in this move and also perfect a defense against To- ronto's threats Wally Halder and Bill Kosick. Chet Kuznier may be moved from his slot as wing on the third line up to one of the two forward trio's in the event that Renfrew isn't up to par. That would leave Sam Stead- man and Karl Sulentich flanking Bob Arnot. Sextet Seeks 13th Win Michigan will again be trying for its 13th win of the season. After piling up 11 straight victories the puckmen were twice stopped by the Blues in Toronto on Jan. 25 and 26 by scores of 9-3 and 7-5. In the second contest the Wolv- erines had a four goal lead but were defeated by a great closing rally. Heyliger's crew will be striving to even the score with the Toronto ag- gregation this week-end. MacPhail Balks At Chandler's Ruling NEW YORK, Feb. 5-( P)-Presi- dent Larry MacPhail of the New York Yankees quoted the rule book to Commissioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler today and told him he was out of order in criticizing any in- crease in baseball admission prices. After MacPhail had announced an average increase of 7%/2 per cent in Yankee Stadium seat prices for 1946, Chandler was quoted as saying that after the poorer wartime ball he thought the public was entitled to a better brand without paying more for it. Matmen Face Illinois Squad On Sain'dawy Illini Pre-War Stars Strengthen Lineup Michigan's wrestling team will face one of its toughest opponents of the season when the grapplers tangle with the Illinois mat squad this Sat- urday after the Michigan-Illini bas- ketball game in Huff Gym in Cham- paign. Illinois, being between semesters, will get the benefit of several mat- men returning to the campus of the Orange and Blue for their next quar- ter. These athletes include some new- comers and other war veterans. Illini Have National Champ Included in the list are Lou Kach- iroubas, who was National AAU champion at 128 pounds from Chi- cago; Norman Anthonisen, 165-pound Big Ten Conference champion in 1942, who will now wrestle at 175 pounds; and Ken Marlin who grap- pled at 145 pounds for the Illini in 1942. Bill Mann, freshman at 121 or 128 and Heavyweights Bob Wilson and Chuck Gottfried are others who will aid the Illinois wrestlers. Wilson. who is a junior, competed in 1943 for Illinois and earned the Big Ten championship while a Marine trainee at Purdue in 1944. Gottfried, a re- turned veteran, is a 220-pound fresh- man from East, St. Louis. Keen To Use Same Lineup Michigan's team, out to make it three in a row, will probably use the same lineup that beat Wisconsin, 19- 11, in Madison last Saturday accord- ing to Coach Cliff Keen. The only great possibility of a change is in the 175-pound class. Ward Peterson and George Chiames have been alternat- ing at this position througout the season. Chiames startedragainst the Badgers and wrestled well, but was outpointed "by the Wisconsin team captain, Tony Barbaros, in a very close match. Practice sessions this week will determine who will com- pete in the lightheavyweight division against Illinois. Keen said that the team as a whole looked good against Wisconsin, and the score over a previously unde- feated team bears out Keen's re- marks. As most of the team was inexperienced, their ability, to learn to perform was exemplified in Mad- ison last Saturday night. -MUSBE!1 iI- Intramural Schedule Engineers................. Ship's Co. .... Semper Five.......... Royal Poontangers. Jr. Birdmen.............. Rangers....... Watched Dogs............ W L .*7 0 .5 2 .5 2 .4 3 .3 4 .3 4 .1 6 .0 7 if i Y *r , 0 0 For Val entini V ...i1 'Onc t '1. HT TO HER HEART WITH SUZANNE'S PERFJME "the ftagr ance of intrigue" INDEPENDENT Tonight: 8:00 FBI vs Bus Ad Forestry Club vs Che-Mets Latin Wolves vs Division St. A. G. 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